Convert Commercial PAL DVD to NTSC

[longhorn1955]

I purchased a BBC DVD on eBay and it's in PAL format not NTSC. When I try to capture the DVD in VS x9 "Import From Digital Media", I get the error "There is no valid content."

I've changed the settings in VS to PAL in Settings/Performance/General/TV System, Edit/Apply Color Filter and Performance/Video Proxy Options. I changed my PC, Win7Pro to Region 2 which is required to watch the video in Media Player. I could do a screen shot in Media Player but I'd rather not have to tie up the machine screen capturing a one hour video.

I've checked the Forum for an answer but I couldn't find anything that directly related to conversion. Most solutions require being able to read the DVD in the first place which I can't do in VS I've tried copying the VOB files to convert them to MPEG files but the disc is copyrighted. I used to have copyright software but abandoned it as I pretty much buy all my media.

I apologize if I'm missing the obvious here. Ironical given Corel is a UK company and I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to use their product to run a video in their format.

[Ken Berry]

The answer is indeed obvious, and you gave it yourself. The disc is copyrighted and Video Studio does not allow pirating of copyright discs.

[longhorn1955]

Oh dear. So converting a legitimately purchased commercial DVD to a format I can view is considered "pirating?" I guess I'll have to capture it on screen shot which, of course, wouldn't be pirating. Thank you for your input.

[Ron P.]

Yes it is a violation to alter copyrighted material.

[lata]

Hi

I live in the UK and using Pal, yet all my Pal DVD players support both NTSC and Pal, I don’t think that is the case using a NTSC player, and my cheapest player seemed to play more video formats.

However one player did need a tweak of the menu to allow playing both formats, so I would advise having a look at your menu setup.
I cannot remember what the settings was called but certainly not described as Pal or NTSC, but some odd name?
Anyway worth a look, or purchase a Pal DVD player.

[delaluz]

You could copy the files from the dvd to a laptop (I used DVD Decryptor) & then play the dvd files on the laptop with something like Cyber Link Power DVD.

I bought a 3-4 DVD series based on 2 Wilbur Smith novels that were in PAL & watched them this way. I connected the laptop to a TV via the HDMI out.